Republican lawmakers have failed time and again to defeat the nation's new healthcare law, but that is not deterring Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.). On Tuesday, the Lehigh Valley lawmaker announced he is not giving up on his efforts to defund, delay, and ultimately repeal the president's health care law, and vowed to take additional steps.

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.
Christine Baker | cbaker@pennlive.com

Toomey last week co-sponsored two bills that would delay a portion or all of the mandates and taxes established by the Affordable Care Act for one year. The proposed legislation - authored by Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.), and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), would delay the individual and employer mandates that go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014.

"The president's health care law is fundamentally wrong in its approach to improving our nation's health care system and should be repealed in its entirety," Toomey said. "This law imposes onerous new mandates and regulations that are bad for patients, doctors, job growth, and our overall economy. In the absence of repealing this law, Congress should at least delay the implementation of its heavy-handed mandates to prevent the imminent harm they will have on the pocketbooks of Pennsylvanians, job creation, and our economy."

Toomey has repeatedly called for the repeal of the law in its entirety. He has also called for repeal of the medical device tax, which is estimated to cost the Pennsylvania economy $100 million annually.

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